Means for stopping and releasing toy railway-vehicles.



No. 851,843. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907. B'. SOLLMANN.

MEANS FOR STOPPING AND RELBASING TOY RAILWAY VEHICLES. AYILIGATIOH rmmD20. 20, 1905.

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To all whom, it may concern.-

EKKO SOLLMANN, OF HOBOKEN, NETV JERSEY.

MEANS FOR STOPPING AND RELEASING TOY RAILWAY-VEHICLES- Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed December 20, 1905- Serial No. 292,596.

Be it known that I, EKKO SOLLMANN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hoboken, in the county of Hudson, State of New Jersey,(whose post-ollice address is 1006 Bloomfield street,) have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Means for Stopping and ReleasingToy Railway- Vehicles and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it apper- .tains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to an improved device for toy railways designedto arrest move ment of the vehicles thereof. Preferably, the inventionis designed to act automatically in the performance of its function andis adapted to act gradually upon the moving body and arrest its furthermovement in such a manner as to prevent derailment. In prior devices ofthis character the means for stopping toy railway trains have consistedin devices which bring the vehicle or train suddenly to a position ofrest, which devices have been found to be (lOfQCflY'O owing to the lightconstruction of toy vehicles and to the consequent tendency thereof toleave the rails.

To this end the invention consists, broadly, in the provision of anelement adapted to be moved into engagement with the railway vehicle ina manner to gradually arrest the movement thereof, engagement of thevehi cle with said element being a frictional en gagement incontradistinction to an abutting engagement.

The invention will be more fully described in connection with theaccompanying drawings and will be more particularly pointed out andascertained in and by the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 illustrates the preferred embodiment of theinvention showing an automatically acting device, said view being takenon. line 11 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan view of a double track show ingmy invention applied thereto. F 3 is a sectional view of the device ofmy invention taken on line of Fig. 4, showing an embodiment adapted tobe operated by hand. Fig. 4 is a view looking in the direction of thearrow 4 of Fig. 3.

Like characters of reference designate similar parts throughout thedifferent figures of the drawings.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the device of my invention is applied to adouble track and the devices of each track are so connccted that avehicle or train on one track will serve to operate the device in amanner to arrest its movement and the movement of the vehicle or trainof the adjoining track, although it will be understood that theinvention may be fully realized as applied to a single track.

a and 5 indicate the double track which is mounted upon suitablesleepers, as shown, each track being provided with a movable element inthe form of braking rails c and d which, as shown, are disposed betweenthe rails of said tracks. Each of the rails a and d is provided with asloping end portionc and d located in a manner to be engaged byappreaching vehicles. The rails c and d are movably mounted in a mannerto be brought into and thrown out of engaging proximity with thevehicle, the mounting shown com prising cranks. The rails c and (Z areso disposed as to engage vehicles traveling inv opposite directions andin order to effect operation of rail 0 through rail (l and vice versatwo of the cranks c and c are connected by a shaft 0 which is mounted inbushings c and a secured in the rails of the tracks a and b. Theopposite ends of the rails c and d are mounted in cranks and c. Thecrank c is mounted in a bushing c and the crank c in bushings The cranksof the rails c and d are so disposed that when one rail is thrown intoan operating position the remaining rail is thrown into anon-operatingposition and vice versa so that all trains passing in oppositedirections are stopped at a single point in each trip. The rails areprovided with means adapted for engagement with the vehicles in a mannerto throw said rails into an operating position which means consists asshown of levers 'i and i, the former being mounted on shaft c and thelatter upon crank e and the cranks of the tracks 0 and (Z are angularlydisposed with respect to each other.

The vehicle indicated by g is provided with means for engaging saidtrack levers which, as shown, consists of a stop arm 7) The engagementof the vehicle with the braking rails may be effected by the provisionof a braking member f pivotally mounted upon the forward vehicle asclearly shown in Fig. 1, the said lever fbcing mounted in a manner topermit rearward and prevent forward movement of the same. As shown, theve- IIO of the vehicle by skidding the front wheel Z through thearrangement hereinbefore described. The operation of the device is asfollows. As the vehicle 9 advances toward the rail (Z the stop arm 71engages the lever i throwing the same into a position shown in dottedlines in Fig. 1. The rail d is elevated into engaging proximity with thevehicle preferably through the brake lever f and the latter is byengagement with the rail (Z thrust rearwardly into engagement with thewheel preventing the latter from rotating and thereby skidding the wheelZ. The operation of raising the rail 61 serves to lower the rail andraise lever t into engaging proxvehicle provided with a brakmg member, a

imity with the vehicle upon the track a ap proaching from an oppositedirection to that of the vehicle 9 on the track Z). Thus, when thevehicle on track a approaches the lever i which has been swung to theright by engagement of the vehicle will, be returned to the positionshown in full lines in Fig. 2 raising g the rail 0. In the form shown inFigs. 3 and l, the operation of raising the rail 0 is effected manuallyby means of a lever m connected with the shaft The rail 0 is hung uponcranks the same as in the preferred construction. In order to make thetoy more attractive a semaphore g may be employed which as shown ispivoted on a support 29 and connected by a link and crank it with thelever m.

l/Vhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States is:

1. In a toy railway the combination with a vehicle provided with abraking member, rails for said vehicle, a movable element adapted tocooperate with said member, and means associated with said element andadapted to be engaged by said vehicle to throw said element intoengaging proximity to said member.

2. In a toy railway the combination with a vehicle provided with adepending brake member, rails for said vehicle, a movable braking rail,and means associated with said rail and adapted for engagement by saidvehicle to throw said braking rail into engagement with said member.

3. In a toy railway the combination with a vehicle provided with apivotally mounted depending braking member, rails for said vehicle, abraking rail, cranks supporting said rail in operating and non-operatingpositions, and a lever adapted for engagement with said vehicle andserving to throw said rail into an operating position.

4. In a toy railway the combination with a vehicle provided with apivotally mounted i :1 v depending braking member, of two sets of mainrails, braking rails disposed between braking member, and an elementadapted to be raised into engaging proximity with said braking member toengage the same with said means.

6. In a toy railway the combination of a supporting wheel and a stoparm, means operated by said supporting wheel and adapted to be engagedby said braking member/a movable brake rail, and a lever associatedtherewith and adapted to be engaged by said stop arm to throw said brakelever into engagement with said braking member.

7. In a toy railway the combination with railway vehicles, two sets ofrails therefor, movable elements forsaid rails connected to operate inunison and adapted to arrest movement of said railway vehicles, andmeans associated with said elements and adapted to be engaged by saidvehicles whereby said elements are thrown into engaging proximity withsaid vehicles to arrest movement of the same.

8. In a toy railway the combination with railway vehicles, two sets ofrails for said vehicles, a movable element for each of said sets ofrails connected to operate in unison, said elements being so connectedthat when one is in an operative position the other is in anon-operative position, and means associated with said elements andadapted for engagement with said vehicles whereby said elements may besingly thrown into engaging proximity with said vehicles.

9. In a toy railway the combination with railway vehicles provided withbraking members, two sets of rails for said vehicles, movable elementsadapted to be thrown into engaging proximity with said braking membersand connected to operate in unison, and means associated with saidelements and adapted for engagement with said braking members wherebysaid elements are thrown into engaging proximity with said brakingmembers.

10. In a toy railway the combination with railway vehicles provided withbraking members, rails for said vehicles, movable elements for saidrails adapted to be thrown into engaging proximity with said brakingmembers, said elements being connected to operate in unison-and to causeone element to be thrown into an operative position and the other to bethrown into a non-operative position, and means associated with said elemerits and adapted for engagement with said vehicles for throwing saidelements into operative proximity with said braking members.

11. In a toy railway the combination with railway vehicles, two sets ofrails therefor, and movable elements for said sets of rails adapted tocooperate with said vehicles to arrest movement of the same, saidelements being connected to operate in unison.

12. In a toy railway the combination with railway vehicles, two sets ofrails therefor, and movable elements for said rails adapted to cooperatewith said vehicles to arrest movement of the same, said elements beingconnected to operate in unison and disposed 13. In a toy railway thecombination with l railway vehicles provided with two sets of i tractionwheels, rails for said vehicles, movable elements for said rails adaptedto be thrown into operative positions, and means associated with saidvehicles and the traction wheels thereof and adapted for engagement withsaid elements.

1.4. In a toy railway the combination with a rail ay vehicle providedwith a traction wheel, rails therefor, a movable element adapted to bethrown into an operative position, and means associated with saidvehicle and the traction wheel thereot and adapted for engagement withsaid element whereby the movement of said vehicle may be arrested.

15. In a toy railway the combination with a railway vehicle providedwith a tract-ion wheel, a braking member and means whereby said membermay retard movement of said wheel, rails for said vehicle, and a movableelement adapted to engage said braking member and therethrough act uponsaid traction wheel.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EKKO SOLIJMANN Witnesses ALEX \VILLE, IIANS Konnnn.

